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IN BRIEF
Court voids same-sex
marriage licenses
PORTLAND — The Oregon
Supreme Court on Thursday nulli
fied nearly 3,000 marriage licenses
issued to same-sex couples by Mult
nomah County a year ago, saying a
single county couldn’t take such ac
tion on its own.
The court said that while the
county can question the constitu
tionality of laws governing
marriage, they are a matter of
statewide concern, so the county
had no authority to issue licenses to
gay couples.
The court left the door open
for state legislators to craft an al
ternative to gay marriages, such
as civil unions, even though
it did not specifically mention
civil unions.
“We conclude that Oregon law
currently places the regulation of
marriage exclusively within the
province of the state’s legislative
power,” the court said.
A day earlier, Gov. Ted Kulon
goski said he will push for a law
allowing gay couples in Oregon
to form civil unions that would
give them many of the rights
available to married couples.
Legislative leaders were meet
ing behind closed doors Wednes
day to discuss the ruling.
Multnomah County began is
suing marriages to gay couples
last March, arguing that not do
ing so violated the state Consti
tution. A judge halted the prac
tice about six weeks later, but
not before nearly 3,000 same-sex
couples had wed.
— The Associated Press
Transplant: Anyone without
infectious disease can donate
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ODP also wants to dispel any
myths about doctors not saving
donors because they want their
organs and donor cadavers
being used for medical research,
Hunt said.
“I save lives,” Hunt said. “I got
hooked when I met one of the first
individuals who received a
heart transplant up at Oregon
State University and met several
others who were waiting. It
brought home to me that it could
happen to any of us.”
Hunt told Brandy Stroeder’s sto
ry. Stroeder, 19, needed a lung and
liver transplant to save her life by
reversing the effects of cystic fibro
sis. After the Oregon Health Plan
wouldn’t cover the cost of the trans
plant, Stroeder received a lot of
publicity, and her community in
Portland raised enough money to
pay for the operation. However,
Stroeder died in 2002 while still
waiting for the organs.
In Lane County, 14,980 of the
34,131 young adults aged 18-24
with Department of Motor Vehi
cles identification are registered
organ donors. All a person has to
do when getting a new driver’s li
cense or I.D. is answer “yes”
when asked to be an organ donor,
Office Coordinator for Driver Pro
grams Renee Davis said. County
wide, 149,000 total donors are reg
istered through the DMV.
Hunt said the driver’s license
doesn’t guarantee the donation of
organs. This is why, Hunt said, it is
extremely important that donors
make sure their family members
know their wishes.
Anyone can be an organ donor,
as long as he or she doesn’t have an
infectious disease, Hunt said. Bone
marrow, portions of the lung or liv
er and blood can all be donated by
live donors.
Every other month the Lane
Memorial Blood Bank sets up the
Bloodmobile outside the EMU to
collect blood donations with the
help of the Student Alumni Rela
tions Board, LMBB Community Af
fairs Coordinator Kristi Henderson
said. The next blood drive will take
place May 17 and 18.
emilysmith@dailyemerald. com
ICSP: Culture
contrasts can
cause mix-ups
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what they see in the media, and that’s
not the whole picture,” she said. “I feel
like it’s my duty to share my culture. ”
Halaney said that students have re
sponded positively to the presenta
tions and have become intrigued
about the cultures.
“When we write people’s names in
Hindi, they’re fascinated,” she said.
“They’re really appreciative of our
time. They’re very embracing and ac
cepting of other cultures. ”
In addition to educating the com
munity, the students said they also
learn from each other. On Thursday,
as ICSP students gathered in the EMU
to publicize the program, a casual
conversation about flirting turned
into an intercultural dialogue.
Sophomore Miloje Cekerevac of Ser
bia said that during a recent trip to
Mexico, men on the street catcalled
and whistled at his girlfriend.
“In the U.S., if you’re walking
around with your girlfriend, no one
will flirt with her,” he said. “It’s like
an offense.”
But sophomore Ingrid Irina loan of
Romania said that in some Latin coun
tries, flirtation is far more informal.
“If you go in a (Latin American)
country, ... it’s a normal thing for
guys to flirt. It’s more like a game,”
she said. “Some cultures are more di
rect and expressive. ”
Sanchez said cultural exchange is
one of the most appealing aspects of
the program. The students have to take
a class together in which they share
their presentations.
“It’s always nice to share our
thoughts when we’re from different
countries,” Sanchez said. “There’s al
ways different traditions that you don’t
know about.”
loan added that unless cultural dif
ferences are discussed, certain behav
iors can be misunderstood. For in
stance, her American boyfriend once
got frustrated because she wouldn’t
eat dinner until he got home. He as
sumed it was because she didn’t want
to cook for herself.
“Here, people are very individual
istic. In my country, you wait until
everyone gets home before you eat,”
she said. “It could have been very
easily misinterpreted.”
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